Objectives:

• Tailor existing models (gut) for studying fungal pathogenesis and LBP activity
• Develop a vagina model for studying fungal pathogenesis and LBP activity
• Tailor gut and vagina models for studying interaction of fungal pathogens with microbiota components (including LBPs)

Expected Results:

• Biomimetic tissue models and assays to study fungal infection
• Biomimetic tissue models and assays to study LBPs
• Novel insights into fungal-host-microbiota interactions